Russian Drone-Russian Drone Attack Kills 3 People In Dnipro Ukraine

JAKARTA - Russia launched a series of drone and missile attacks in an attack that killed three people in Dnipro, Ukraine, and surrounding areas on Saturday.

Moscow troops launched 235 drones and 27 missiles, damaged residential and commercial buildings and caused fires, the Ukrainian Air Force said.

Reportedly 10 missiles and 25 Russian attack drones hit nine locations. Drones and other missiles were shot down.

"It was a terrible night. A massive joint attack in the region," said Serhiy Lysak, governor of the Dnipropxisk region, via the Telegram application.

He said three people were killed in the attack and six others were injured in the city of Dnipro and the surrounding area.

Lysak posted photos showing firefighters struggling to extinguish fires, residential buildings with broken windows, and charred cars.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised to counterattack.

"Russian military companies, Russian logistics, and Russian airports should feel that the Russian war itself is now responding to them with real consequences," Zelenskyy said.

Ukraine's attacks on Russia have heated up in recent months, with Moscow and Kyiv exchanging drone strikes and fierce fighting raging along the front lines for more than 1,000 kilometers.